| Summary: | This document is a letter from Robert Tait to Charles William Tait, his older brother. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, and Robert, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama, were two of the sons of James Asbury Tait. The letter discusses family matters including a visit to Charles in Texas by other members of the Tait family. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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